aside from the collapse of wax trax, the decline of ebm style industrial started when mike scaccia from rigor mortis joined ministry.

I think the blame falls on Al's shoulders. with every record, Ministry got "harder". I suspect that Al went through a mid/late-life crisis at some point in the early 90's. Scaccia was just lucky to get the fuck out of Dallas.

on a related note: Scaccia's (what I'm sure is ex-ex-ex-xxx) girlfriend is responsible for psychically scarring me. never dose in the presence of demonic junkies.

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Wax Trax are the main people responsible for taking "industrial" music from being/meaning an interesting, variable and unpredictable art form held together by kindred spirits with a similar set of ideals for living (and not necessarily a common "sound" per se) and turning it into samey disco music for people in plastic pants and goggles.

it's been a while since i looked this all over so i decided to post the top 101 and the scores for each, looking back certainly my listening habits have changed some since last posted some year and a half ago